Long Lost Brother play the Sugar Club on Saturday Dec 10 with guests Factro and the Polemics. Doors open at 8. Admission is Euro 8. Long Lost Brother Long Lost Brother play rock and roll music inspired by the likes of the Stones, the Stooges, Dylan and the Ramones. They independently released their debut double A side single 'A Little At A Time/Sympathy' in March 2005. In April 2005 an impassioned performance opening for Hugh Cornwell in Dublin's Crawdaddy venue sufficiently impressed the former Stranglers frontman for him to offer to produce the bands' second release. These sessions took place in Dublin recently with Cornwell taking a break from mixing a new album in order to travel to Ireland to work with the band. The track will feature on an EP release due in early 2006. January 2006 will also see Long Lost Brother enjoy ther first US release courteousy of the InRadio compilation series. The band have been invited to contribute a track to the series which aims to highlight cutting edge music and ideas and enjoys over 10,000 subscribers across North America. It sees them follow in the footsteps of previously featured artists such as Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Calexico, Low, the Dirty Three, Josh Rouse, Aimee Mann and Yo La Tengo. They will also contribute to a forthcoming Pixies tribute album alongside acts such as Turn, Mundy and Grant Lee Phelps due in early 2006. http://artists.cpu.ie/bands/180/ Factro Inspired equally by jangle pop, arty post-punk and empty evenings, Factro formed on a rainy November afternoon in 2003. With a handful of songs and nowhere to play, flatmates Patrick Wall, BillyY and former schoolmate James Bailey sat around for a while talking about playing in a band. Soon a rented room in the Underground provided the location and equipment for Factro to finally become a full-fledged reality. Since then, Factro have been playing a succession of packed gigs in small venues over the past year and a half, culminating in a brimful performance in Crawdaddy (Pod), supported by Betamax Format and The Holy Ghost Fathers. Their instantly memorable tunes and infectious indie-pop sound has earned them a small but loyal following, and has drawn comparisons to Wire and early REM. www.factro.com